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On the operational predictability of blocking Cover

On the operational predictability of blocking

Tellus
Volume 42 (1990): Issue 3
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|Jan 1990
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v42i3.11882 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 343 - 365
Submitted on: May 31, 1988
Accepted on: Mar 29, 1989
Published on: Jan 1, 1990
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1990 Stefano Tibaldi, Franco Molteni, published by Stockholm University Press
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